double back

verb

doubled back; doubling back; doubles back
Synonyms of double backnext
: to turn around and return on the same path
I'm going to double back to see if I dropped the ring on the way here.

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Now Hendy doubled back, an ace up his sleeve. Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Now the trail has doubled back. Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 That way, anything that falls gets picked up at the end instead of forcing you to double back. Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026 One of the two tankers, linked to Pakistan, has since doubled back and was waiting just outside the strait, Pamela Munger, head of Europe market analysis at Vortexa, a trade and shipping intelligence firm, told CNN. Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for double back

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“Double back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20back. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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